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SQL Server Driver vs more recent ODBC driver
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows 10
Database:
MS SQL Server
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01663573
Message ID:
01663664
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>>>Hi Antonio,
>>>
>>>How did you get the Devart driver installed? UPDATE. Read the whole thread now.
>>>
>>>Our colleague from Client services wrote the following:
>>>
>>>SQLSRV32.DLL is depreciated (no TLS 1.2 support) in favor of MSODBC SQL server drivers.
>>>
>>>which prompted me to start this research.
>>>
>>
>>What does it mean in plain English?
>
>It means that the SQL Server driver we're using is not going to be supported for that client. Our Visual FoxPro application is doomed unless we apply some changes.
>
>This was the whole email by my colleague:
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>So Ripley’s is moving to TLS 1.2 and it appears our applications only work with the SQLSRV32.DLL (SQL Server) driver for ODBC connections.
>SQLSRV32.DLL is depreciated (no TLS 1.2 support) in favor of MSODBC SQL server drivers.
>
>Our apps don’t like the MSODBC drivers.
>What would need to happen to make our application compatible with modern MSODBC drivers?

But this contradicts to what Antonio said. I don't know your colleague but I trust Antonio knows what he is talking about.

Have you tried installing the Devart driver and test it?
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